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‘Hostage held at gunpoint’ at Apple store in Amsterdam

Fun VLOG February 22, 2022
'Hostage held at gunpoint' at Apple store in Amsterdam
Local police have confirmed ‘someone with a firearm’ is in or near the store (Pictures: Getty/AFP/EPA)

At least one hostage is being held at gunpoint inside an Apple Store in Amsterdam, according to local media.

Alarming footage on social media shows a hooded man holding what appears to be a gun to someone’s head.

Witnesses at the scene have claimed to hear gunfire, with one saying they had to ‘run for my life’.

Armed police are currently surrounding the shop, which is in the Leidseplein district.

Restaurants in the area were evacuated as cops raced to the shop at 5.40pm on Tuesday, BNO News reports.

One person told local news channel AT5. ‘I was standing on the zebra crossing opposite the apple store.

‘An employee walked out in panic with a walkie-talkie yelling: “Raid.”

epa09777342 A view of the hostage scene at the Apple Store on Leidseplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 22 February 2022. A man is being held at gunpoint by another man. The police are present en masse and the immediate area has been cordoned off. EPA/LAURENS BOSCH
A hooded man seemingly held a gun to someone’s head (Picture: EPA)
Police officers by a police vehicle near Leidseplein during an hostage situation in an Amsterdam's Apple Store on February 22, 2022. - A man with a firearm was in the vicinity of an Amsterdam shop, police in the Netherlands said February 22, 2022 adding that officers were at the scene said by local media to be an Apple store. (Photo by Laurens Bosch / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by LAURENS BOSCH/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Officers by a police car during the hostage situation (Picture: ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
An armed member of the DSI (Dutch Special Intervention Service) arrives at Leidseplein during an hostage situation in an Amsterdam's Apple Store on February 22, 2022. - A man with a firearm was in the vicinity of an Amsterdam shop, police in the Netherlands said February 22, 2022 adding that officers were at the scene said by local media to be an Apple store. (Photo by Joris van Gennip / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by JORIS VAN GENNIP/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
An armed member of the DSI (Dutch Special Intervention Service) arrives at Leidseplein (Picture: ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - FEBRUARY 22: Security forces take security measures around the store after armed robbers entered a technology store and took store employees hostage in Amsterdam, Netherlands on February 22, 2022. (Photo by Selman Aksunger/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The area was cordoned off on Tuesday evening (Picture: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

‘At that moment the penny hadn’t dropped yet and I was about to cross the zebra crossing opposite the entrance to the Apple store. And that’s when I heard gunshots inside.’

Officers confirmed an incident is ongoing in a statement, reading: ‘Someone with a firearm is in/near the store.

‘Police are at the scene with a lot of (special) units to get the situation under control.’

In an update, they added: ‘We are currently reluctant to provide information about the situation at the Apple Store on Leidseplein to avoid disrupting our investigation and operation.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Apple for comment.

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